CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide

CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the technician do? - ✔✔Place it in an appropriate rigid container Safety Data Sheet ...

CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the technician do? - ✔✔Place it in an appropriate rigid container Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the following? - ✔✔Chemical Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? - ✔✔Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is because they can - ✔✔Allow fungus to grow beneath them Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the Sterile Processing Department? - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - ✔✔Departmental authority relationships "Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - ✔✔Work flow What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? - ✔✔Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it - ✔✔Can get caught in moving equipment Hair coverings are REQUIRED - ✔✔In all areas of the department Decontamination procedures - ✔✔Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of - ✔✔A healthcare acquired infection Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - ✔✔Arteriosclerosis All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - ✔✔Thermometers The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - ✔✔Provide the body with nutrients A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - ✔✔Hepatitis C Virus The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - ✔✔Sepsis Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Increasing the patient length of stay Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? - ✔✔Hepatitis B A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should - ✔✔Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the trays When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment should be worn EXCEPT - ✔✔A plastic apron over the scrub suit Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments? - ✔✔Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional tools. The technician should - ✔✔Report the problem to your supervisor while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an opened/used tray to decon, best procedure? - ✔✔Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the - ✔✔Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the top The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical instruments is - ✔✔Neutral Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level disinfection of semi-critical devices - ✔✔2% activated glutaraldehyde The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Cost of the chemical After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the decontamination process is - ✔✔Rinsing Generally, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instrument is to soak it in - ✔✔An enzymatic detergent When cleaning an intravenous (IV) pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump surface in order to - ✔✔Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment The chemical disinfectant that leaves a residual film is - ✔✔Phenolic A tray of instruments has been brought to the decontamination area in a saline solution. Which of the following actions should the technician take? - ✔✔Rinse them with water and then clean them according the manufacturer's instructions The MOST commonly recognized halogen is - ✔✔Sodium hypochlorite When working the decontamination area, transmission of pathogenic organisms from used surgical instruments can BEST be minimized by - ✔✔Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment Paper-plastic pouches are generally used to package - ✔✔One to two light weight instruments When using the sequential wrapping method - ✔✔Apply one wrapper followed by a second one Surgical grade instruments, if properly cared for, usually last longer than floor grade instruments because they have - ✔✔Passivation layer If the operating room requests instruments for an emergency ruptured aortic aneurysm, the technician should send - ✔✔Major vascular instruments Which of the following is the main DISADVANTAGE of using a rigid sterilization container system? - ✔✔They must be disassembled, processed, reassembled, and checked before each use. containerized packaging systems are most commonly used to protect which if the following during steam sterilization? - ✔✔Surgical instrument sets Simultaneous wrapping means to wrap an instrument set with - ✔✔Single non-woven wrapper, double-ply, bonded at the edges Clamps used for hemostasis are also designed to - ✔✔Minimize damage to tissue An instrument tray for a laparotomy procedure must include a(n) - ✔✔Abdominal retractor Inspection and verification of adequate cleaning is difficult with instruments - ✔✔With lumens Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process? - ✔✔Low-Temperature gas plasma Failure to completely dry devices to be processed in low-temperature gas plasma can result in - ✔✔A cycle cancellation Which of the following chemical indicators should only be used in the specific cycle for which they are labeled? - ✔✔Emulating If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician do FIRST? - ✔✔Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that sterilization process - ✔✔Did not result in the death of all the test organisms Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the - ✔✔Sterilization log Basin sets must be titled forward, on their side, on the steam sterilizer rack to - ✔✔Permit condensate to run off Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a steam sterilizer? - ✔✔Pressure The purpose of the dynamic air removal cycle of pre-vacuum steam sterilizer is to - ✔✔Remove air from the chamber Heat sensing thermometers for steam sterilizers are located in the - ✔✔Drain line To kill the remaining microoragnisms on surgical instruments, the MOST cost-effective sterilization method is generally considered to be - ✔✔Steam under pressure When heat is added to steam without increasing the moisture content, the steam is called - ✔✔Superheated steam Which of the following sterilization methods would be appropriate for petrolatum guaze - ✔✔Dry heat When a steam sterilizer load contains a mixture of fabric and metal items, the items should be places - ✔✔With the metal items below the fabric items When a steam sterilizer is loaded with linen packs, they should be - ✔✔Placed on their edges There are two pressure gauges on a steam sterilizer. These guages measure the pressure in the - ✔✔Jacket and the chamber A bowie dick test should be performed in which of the following types of sterilizers? - ✔✔Prevacuum steam Lot control numbers are used to - ✔✔Enable recall of the following sterilization failure All of the following agencies are involved with regulation and control of ethylene oxide when it is used as a sterilant EXCEPT - ✔✔Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) In which distribution system are requisitions filled and delivered as they are received? - ✔✔Demand Sterility maintenance covers should be placed on sterile items - ✔✔When the sterilized items are cool to room temperature Which of the following statements is the primary reason that items should be allowed to cool on a sterilizer cart before being placed in storage? - ✔✔Condensation and contamination may result if items are moved to cooler areas when they are still warm Which of the following BEST describes the general environmental conditions of the sterile storage area? - ✔✔Controlled temperature and humidity, limited traffic Outside shipping cartons should not be brought into sterile processing area because they are often - ✔✔Biologically contaminated Which of the following is the MOST important factor in preventing bacteria from contaminating sterile packages? - ✔✔The handling of packages When transporting sterile packaged items by hand - ✔✔Place in a plastic bag or tote bin The best way to reprocess patient care equipment is to - ✔✔Follow the equipment manufacturer's instructions Patient care equipment - ✔✔Is considered non-critical A coworker is observed taking dressing supplies for use at home. Which of the following would be FIRST action to take? - ✔✔To tell him/her that this is not the right thing to do You are taking a used IV pump from a nursing unit to be reprocessed. The nurse tells you not to take it because there is an emergency admission and the patient will need it. Which of the following would be ethically correct? - ✔✔Call your department to have a clean pump brought to the unit right away You are in a hurry to leave for a doctor's appointment and you forget to punch your time card. Which of the following actions should be taken? - ✔✔Report this to your supervisor the next day You receive a cell phone text message from your friend while you're assembling instrument sets. Which action is BEST to take? - ✔✔Ignore the text until you are on break Which of the following would be an action to take if you note that a coworker has hair hanging out of his/her surgical cap while assembling sets? - ✔✔Let him/her know the hair is visible